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The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn

CHAPTER XLI
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They will call me a coward." "No one shall do so.

I swear that he who calls you a coward shall feel the weight of my arm." "Why am I not to go with them?
Why am I to be separated from the others ?" "You must not ask," said the Major; "perhaps you will know some day, but not yet.

All I say to you is, go home to your mother to-morrow, and stay there.

Should you fire a shot, or strike a blow against those men we are going to hunt down, you may do a deed which would separate you from the rest of mankind, and leave you to drag on a miserable guilty life.

Do you promise ?" "I will promise," said Charles; "but I wonder----" "Never mind wondering.


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